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futurology

We need to act now to give future generations a better world

Humans

We need to act now to give future generations a better world

A dystopian future isn't inevitable. By prioritising the needs of our children and grandchildren today, we can give them a world without poverty, discrimination and so many other evils, says William MacAskill

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Technology

Tech companies don’t get science fiction – and that's deeply troubling

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Brave New Planet review: A guide to future tech’s moral dilemmas

Technology

Brave New Planet review: A guide to future tech’s moral dilemmas

Culture

Notes from an Apocalypse review: A lively romp through the end of days

Humans

Notes from an Apocalypse review: A lively romp through the end of days

Culture

Technology’s future isn’t gleaming, it’s dirty and biological

Technology

Technology’s future isn’t gleaming, it’s dirty and biological

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Elon Musk's plans for mind-controlled gadgets: what we know so far

Technology

Elon Musk's plans for mind-controlled gadgets: what we know so far

News

He Jiankui says two babies have been born as part of his CRISPR experiment

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World’s first gene-edited babies announced by a scientist in China

News

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Technology

Evading death and mind-uploading: The ambition of transhumanism

Culture

Jennifer Doudna

Life

Unicorns and designer babies: How CRISPR creator sees the future

Features

Upward view of atrium

Technology

Build an AI god? Beware the downsides of this weird tech plan

What pitfalls or rewards might await the Silicon Valley whiz kid apparently intent on creating a benign superintelligent digital deity, wonders Jamais Cascio

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Technology

Who do we think we are?

Culture

Space

The bandwidth black hole that will kill Elon Musk’s Mars dream

Analysis

Technology

How Moore’s microchip law is still shaping our world

Culture

Life

The world in 2076: Machines outsmart us but we're still on top

Features

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